From: Stewart Milton/Chippenham [Stewart.Milton@westbrake.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:12 AM To: saxpics@gmail.com Subject: Kohlert Hi there, thanks for all the work you do on the webpage...... lots of fun. My name's Stewart Milton, and I play tenor sax (and clarinet) in a church band, here in UK. I have a tenor saxophone which I bought several years ago very secondhand, and had repolished, laquered, and repadded (before I knew any better.... I might do it a bit differently these days, but then maybe not!) The bell reads 'Alliance' and 'J.R. Lafleur and Sons, London, Paris, New York' The top joint of the body contains the words 'made in Germany', serial number is 63376. The body is laquered brass, the keys are nickel plated. It has rolled tone holes. After several years of asking too many people, I finally found pictures of my sax on your website (thank you, thank you)..... under the name Kohlert. A quick search turned up some (slightly confusing) information on cybersax.com, which also says some rather nice things about the instruments from this manufacturer, and aligns them with SML, Keilwerth, and Conn (Chu &10M era), in one case suggesting they were stencilled by Keilwerth.... and even suggesting that a good one will 'blow away' a Selmer MkVI or Ref 54, and was as good as an Keilwerth SX90R! (I couldn't comment on this, it's the only sax I've ever played....but it's a nice thought!) I've had a bit of a chat with Bear at cybersax, and gleaned about as much as I can from him, but even though he's owned a Kohlert for 40 years it seems the history as he knows it is a bit sketchy. I was wondering if you could shed any more light on Kohlert as a manufacturer, possibly confirm or deny any links between them with SML and Keilwerth, and maybe add your own comments as to the quality of these instruments compared to these makes and the Selmers. If you're interested all the relevant info I've got so far from Bear is attached.... Best regards Stewart Milton -- Westinghouse Brakes (UK) Ltd. Foundry Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1JB Phone +44 1249 442851 Fax +44 1249 442600 mailto:stewart.milton@westbrake.com http://www.knorr-bremse.com (See attached file: Kohlert.doc) ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________